Read All About It: Alison Pill on Season Two of 'The Newsroom'

"Did you just hear that through the phone?" Alison Pill asked halfway into our call, interrupting her own thought. "I have a Chewbacca roar every time I get a text message." That seemed about right for the friendly Canadian actress, who currently stars as an intrepid news producer named Maggie Jordan on HBO's The Newsroom. When Pill called us from her cell phone a few days before the show's July 14 second season premiere, she was bubbly and eager to discuss everything from Maggie's volatile love life to the way women are portrayed in the media and her preferred form of news.

Pill has appeared in films like Midnight In Paris and Milk, and she was nominated for a Tony for her work in the play The Lieutenant of Inishmore, but it feels like The Newsroom represents her breakout role.

Maggie is one of the show's most relatable characters as she struggles to find her place in the newsroom and is romantically caught between two coworkers, her boyfriend Don and her boss Jim (i.e., the guy we all hope she ends up with). As the second season opens, it becomes clear that things are changing for Pill's character (a short red haircut she wears in the first episode indicates that pretty quickly), and the actress was excited about where she's been able to bring Maggie in these upcoming 10 episodes. Our DVRs are set!